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No perfumed petals in Prince County's wards
PEI hospital experiments with ban on strongly scented flowers
By OLIVER MOORE
SUMMERSIDE, PEI -- The second-largest hospital in Prince Edward Island has extended its no-scent policy to include certain types of popular but strong-smelling flowers.Prince County Hospital in Summerside is experimenting with allowing only innocuous-smelling flowers to enter its doors and has banished all flowers from the maternal and child-care unit. FULL STORY 
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Swim to B.C.'s shores ends in death for crewman
By MARK HUME
VANCOUVER -- With the bright lights of Vancouver beckoning in the darkness just one kilometre away, police believe three crew members on a freighter anchored in English Bay slipped over the railings Sunday night, and began a desperate and fatal swim to get ashore in Canada. FULL STORY
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Celil's silence secretly broken after family visit
Conversation in remote Chinese prison reveals failing health of Canadian jailed for alleged terrorist ties
By OMAR EL AKKAD
OTTAWA -- Even through the grainy, often-undecipherable audio of a secretly recorded prison conversation, the sound of uncontrollable weeping is clear.For the first time since his arrest nearly three years ago, Huseyin Celil's voice has resonated beyond the walls of his prison. Mr. Celil - a Canadian citizen who is serving a life sentence on terrorism charges in China - was allowed to meet with his mother and sisters in a remote northwest China prison last week. The conversation was secretly recorded using a cellphone, and a copy of that recording has been obtained by The Globe and Mail. FULL STORY
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Leaders face tough fight beyond finish
Economic turmoil, internal rifts take toll on campaigns; today's outcome may put parties' top jobs in jeopardy
By BRIAN LAGHI
-- Canada's political landscape will undergo fundamental change after today's federal election, with the next government forced to focus on an economy in turmoil and at least some party leaders wondering about their future. FULL STORY
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